For our Learning Community...from Larry Bell

The 12 POWERFUL WORDS
Trace--List in Steps
Analyze-Break apart
Infer-Read between the lines
Evaluate-Judge
Formulate-Create
Describe-Tell all about
Support-Back up with details
Explain-Tell how
Summarize-Give me the short version
Compare-All the ways they are alike
Contrast-All the ways they are different
Predict-What will happen next

12 Powerful Words that increase test scores and help close the achievement gap


REASONS WHY WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT OUR YOUTH!!!

1. Overweight adolescents have at least a 70 percent chance of becoming overweight adults.

2. More than 9 million children are overweight and 23 percent get no exercise outside of the school
programs that they participate in.

3. American children ages 2-17 spend an average of almost 25 hours per week watching TV or playing
video games-that is more than anything else except for sleeping.

4. Some experts have predicted that for the first time in history, because of inactivity and
obesity-related illnesses, children's life spans will be shorter than that of their parents.

5. A number of studies have demonstrated the increased physical activity is linked to better school
performance.

6. Regular periods of moderate to vigorous physical activity (3-5 times per week)enhances not only
healthy, but also academic performance, attitudes and classroom behavior of children at school